The loading bar is a liar. Sat there for what felt like forever, that little green sliver not moving, and I almost closed the tab. Glad I didn't, because then I'd have missed out on this janky, horny little trip to Salem. You're just some dude on the doorstep of a childhood friend, and the whole thing has this sticky, nostalgic summer vibe that immediately gets under your skin. The art isn't polished, it's got this rough, almost sketched quality that somehow makes the whole thing feel more intimate, like finding a dirty comic in someone's notebook. The character designs have these big, expressive eyes that just scream classic hentai, and when the clothes start coming off, that unpolished style actually works in its favor, making the sex scenarios feel raw and a little desperate.

The voice acting is nonexistent, obviously, and the sound effects are basically just a few ambient loops that you'll forget are even playing. But there's this one track, a sort of melancholic guitar riff that plays during a quiet moment on a pier, that hit me right in the gut. Made me think of a summer fling I had where we just sat on a dock and didn't say anything, and then I remembered I was supposed to be choosing dialogue options to try and get my childhood friend to bone me. The choices feel like they matter, branching off into what they claim are 11 endings, though I've only managed to stumble into a couple of the four sex scenarios. One of them involves a pretty intense scene in a bedroom that's all tangled limbs and ahegao faces, and the whole thing is drawn with this frantic energy that's way hotter than any perfectly rendered 3D model.

Wish there was a way to skip text I've already read, because replaying to see the other endings gets tedious. The game's development is on hold, which is a damn shame because the writing for a character named Lily is fantastic, she's got this sharp, sarcastic edge that cuts through the summer haze, but I guess we'll never see her full story animated. The whole thing feels like a promise that might not be kept, a summer that ends too soon. You're just left there, in Salem, with the scent of salt and unfinished business.